House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called for Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to be removed from her position after her Ivy League school announced the cancellation of its main commencement ceremony after pro-Palestinian protests disrupted the New York City campus.
“Because it is abundantly clear that President Shafik would rather cede control to Hamas supporters than restore order, Columbia’s Board of Trustees should immediately remove her and appoint a new president who will,” Johnson said in a statement. “Our once great universities desperately need strong moral leadership, now more than ever.”
Johnson led a House delegation to Columbia University last month and called on Shafik to resign if she could not “immediately bring order to this chaos.” He also pledged that the Congress would “not be silent” as reports of anti-Semitic harassment led to concerns about the safety of Jewish students.
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